A Waiver Story

I sat and read over Tennessee news yesterday.  This school district (outer regions of Nashville) had the plan worked up for Covid-19 and virtual school.....meaning the kids stayed home, and the teacher would 'broadcast' her 'show' when they went into a lockdown situation.

HOWEVER, the school sent the kids home with a waiver that had to be signed....stating that the parents would NOT watch the virtual school 'show'.  If the parent violated that 'trust'.....then the 'show' would be turned off for that kid.

I sat and paused over this.  Naturally, a lot of parents from this district asked questions.  Why would watching the 'show' be of any consequence?  Course, if you were doing more indoctrination or brainwashing....than actual teaching, then it might matter.

Basically, whether it was intended as a positive matter or not....they've invited a discussion over what the heck they are teaching, and creating a long-term trust issue. 

NY City Voting in 2020?

In 2016, Hillary Clinton collected 579k votes from the Manhattan area.  With a fair number of people having left the city....my humble bet is that Joe Biden will be lucky to get in the 300k vote range.

DNC Convention Ends

I sat and watched the end of night four for the Democratic Convention (skipping night three entirely).

Joe standing there, with VP Harris, and the two spouses.....hands raised.  All wearing masks.  Just a weird scene to view.

Some kind of low-key music.  No crowd on the interior....maybe forty folks around the stage. 

Outside, maybe a hundred vehicles in the parking lot, with some cheaply done fireworks,.  It was one of those scenes that you'd put in a Monty Python movie. 

Tons of money saved with this virtual convention, but it has no charisma or charm. The Bill Clinton speech?  Probably the better of the 'acts' of the four-day period.